Fungal inhibition

Thyagaraja, N., and A. Hosono. Effect of spice extract on fungal inhibition. Food Sci Technol (London) 1996 29(3) 286-288. 

The results are indicative of the applicability of such tin-containing polysaccharides being employed for the retardation of fungi related rot and mildew. Questions such as duration and mechanism of fungal Inhibition by these materials have yet to be answered. 

Tosi E., Re E., Lucero H. Bulacio L. (2004). Effect of honey high-temperatiue short-time heating on parameters related to quality, crystallisation phenomena and fungal inhibition. Lebensmittel-Wissenschaft Technologie. Vol. 37, pp. 669-678. 

Halek, G.W. and Garg, A. (1988) Fungal inhibition by a fungicide coupled to an ionomeric film. J. Food Safety 9, 215-222. 

Sesamol and Carbenoxolone possessed significant inhibitory characteristics after 4 days with mean fungal inhibitions of 100% and 69% respectively (Table 1). From the two screening methods which were performed, direct incorporation of the compounds in screening media displayed the highest levels of fungal inhibition. Soybean phytotoxicity... 

Antimicrobial agents are used where there is a need to inhibit bacterial and fungal growth. The additives can consist of copper, germanium, zinc and zinc compounds, metal oxides or sulfides, metal zeofltes, as well as silver and copper oxide-coated inorganic core particles (154—159) (see Industrial ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS). 

With the aid of cytosine permease, flucytosine reaches the fungal cell where it is converted by cytosine deaminase into 5-fluorouracil [51-21-8]. Cytosine deaminase is not present in the host, which explains the low toxicity of 5-FC. 5-Fluorouracil is then phosphorylated and incorporated into RNA and may also be converted into 5-fluorodeoxyuridine monophosphate, which is a potent and specific inhibitor of thymidylate synthetase. As a result, no more thymidine nucleotides are formed, which in turn leads to a disturbance of the DNA-synthesis. These effects produce an inhibition of the protein synthesis and cell repHcation (1,23,24). 5-Fluorouracil caimot be used as an antimycotic. It is poorly absorbed by the fungus to begin with and is also toxic for mammalian cells. 

Fungistasis is the inhibition of fungal growth without killing the fungal cell. 

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